Drapery and curtain tieback



April 1946- M. l. VAN ZANDT Q 399,24

' DRAPERY: AND CURTAIN TIE-BACK Filed Oct. 24, 1944 INVENTOR Mary 4/23/36 V90 Z6009 Patented Apr. 30, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DRAPERY AND CURTAIN TIEBACK Mary Irene van Zandt, Tulsa, Okla.

Application October 24, 1944, Serial No. 560,113

4 Claims.

The invention relates to drapery and curtain tie backs, and has for its object to provide a device of this kind comprising a flexible strip adapted to encircle the drapery, and provided on its inner side with spaced piercing members adapted to pierce the opposite sides of the drapery folds for maintaining said folds in adjusted positions, and adjusted spacings at all times.

A further object is to position the piercing members on the flexible strip so that when the strip is passed around the drapery said piercing members will extend towards the outer edges of the drapery, and towards the anchoring point of l the strip ends to the window frame.

A further object is to provide a drapery holding strip comprising an elongated flexible member having a series of drapery fold piercing members extending towards one end of the strip and a separate series of drapery fold piercing members extending towards the other end of the strip. Also to anchor the piercing members to the strip in a manner whereby they will not rotate to position at an angle to the strip.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a conventional form of drapery at a window, showing the tie back applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2--2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the tie back in extended position.

Figure 4 is a view in elevation of the inner side of the tie back.

Referring to the drawing the numeral l designates a window, and 2 a drapery or curtain applied thereto in the usual manner.

Heretofore it has been difficult and practically impossible to maintain the folds 3 in proper spaced relation at all times, and the proper dip at 4, to get the best effect. Usually the folds flatten out at the tie back, and to obviate this difliculty the present tie back is designed. The tie back is formed from a flexible strip 5, which may be ornamental fabric or any other material, and it is passed around the curtain in the usual manner so that its ends 6 may be anchored to the window frame 1 in the usual manner. Riveted or otherwise anchored between spaced heads 8 through the strip are two series of angularly shaped fold piercing members 9 and I0. It will be noted that both series of piercing members extend in opposite directions towards the strip ends from substantially the center of the strip, so that when the strip is passed around the drapery both series will extend towards the end of the strip and may be adjusted out of registry as shown in Figure 2 for transversely piercing the drapery folds on the inner and outer sides of the drapery, and maintaining said folds in adjusted positions without danger of the folds collapsing and crowding into the bottom of the strip as now is the common difiiculty experienced with conventional tie backs. The outer heads 8 of the pins may be riveted tight after the pins have been passed through the strip to prevent rotation of the pins and to maintain them in proper relation at all times.

Although the device is shown formed from a fabric it is understood applicant does not limit herself to a fabric, as any type of flexible material may be used.

From the above it will be seen that a drapery tie back is provided which is simple in construction, and provided with piercing pins which will positively hold the fold of the draperyin adjusted position at all times, and at the same time the pins are concealed from view.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. The combination with a drapery tie back adapted to extend around a plurality of drapery folds, of means carried by the inner side of said tie back at spaced points on both sides of the folds and adapted to transversely anchor the folds to the tie back said means comprising spaced series of piercing members on opposite sides of the drapery and extending towards the ends of the tie back.

2. A drapery tie back comprising an elongated flexible member, a series of angularly shaped fold piercing members carried by one end of said flexible member, a second series of angularly shaped piercing members carried by the other end of the flexible member, each of said series of piercing members extending in opposite directions and towards the ends of the tie back.

3. A device as set forth in claim 2 including anchoring means between the piercing members and the flexible member for preventing rotation of the piercing members in relation to the flexible member.

4. A device as set forth in claim 2 wherein the piercing members are provided with spaced heads one on each side of the flexible member and between which the flexible member is clamped.

MARY IRENE VAN ZANDT. 

